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Publish Date
November 27, 2007
Publisher
Penguin (Non-Classics),
Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
496
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Subjects
Wood, Sociological aspects, Wooden Building, Woodwork, Handbooks, manuals, HistoryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Wood: Craft, Culture, History
November 27, 2007, Penguin (Non-Classics), Penguin Books
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0143112694 9780143112693
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Wood: Craft, Culture, History
October 19, 2006, Viking Adult
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in English
0670038016 9780670038015
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Just about everyone in the world over the age of six or seven years old probably knows that wood comes from trees, although they might not be certain how the tree becomes the board and the house or the piece of furniture, or why the various species look and feel different."
Table of Contents
Into and Out of the Wood(s)
Shelter
The Rush of the Grain
The Empire of Wood
Artifice: Furniture, Faith, and Music
Thinking Inside the Box
Little Things with a Point
Bat and Battle
Fire, Smoke, and the Costs of Comfort
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